Improvement in stock and poultry-feeder



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-GEOEGE .EOWEEMAN, OE NAPOLEON, OHIO.

' Letterelatent No. 70,401, dated November, 1867. l

l IMPROVEMENT IN STOCK AND POULTBY-PEDER.

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Be it knownithat 1, GEORGE BOWEEMAN, et' Napoleon, in the county o't Henry, :tud State of, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Stoel( `and Poultry-Feeder, Ste.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the saine, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, making a. part of this speeicetion, in Whieh4 Figure 1 is a side view of the't'eeder.

.Figure 2 is e top view.

Figure 3 is u longitudinal section.

Like letters of reference refer, to like parts in the views. v

In fig. 1, A represents the body lor case of the feeder, which may be constructed O't Wood, or any other suitable material, and of any desired size and shape, the front end, B, being madeflower 'and open, esvshown in iig. 2, and from which end the stock or poultry-feed out of a small bin or box, D, seen "n {igsZfa-nd 3, the bin D being` supplied with grain r feed from th'e bin C through thepipe dfg.. 3.` VC is a', bin for holding-thegrainlf secured above and connected to the onse A, as shown in gj 3, the bottom being,eoncave,rars,pshqwil, Sothklt theV ball will roll into its seat when the lever is depressed. In the bottom of the bin is aYball-valve,=^E,for`the -purpose of shutting off the How of' grain f rorn the ense below, and which v alve is operutedibyrthestetn F connected to the long aruil'of thelever G,said lever being pivoted inthe stay On t-hefront or short arm of the lever is'a fraLme,nI, ,a.nd by which thelever and valve are opereted'as follows:

fTh'e feedenbeing placed in Vsome convenient place, the cattle coming to 'feed will press down the frame I,

which, as a consequence, will throw up the long arm of the lever, and thus open the valve, and allow the grain to pass down through the tube ortrough Binto the bin D, and thereby supply them with feed.

When the feeder is for poultry the frame I is covered with a. wire gauze, so that, when they goV for feed, their hills, hitting on the wire, will throw up the long varm of the lever, us above described. On the stock withdrawing their heads froruthe bin the long arm of the lever will fall -back'in place, and the stem F allow-the ball to roll down into its seat, and thus shut olf a further flow ot' grain, but which will again be suppiied in the manner above described, the grain," each time, being suppliedfresh-and clenn Afrom the bin C.

This machine can be einployedfor watering stock, in which ease the bin C can be used asa reservoir, and, f

if tho'ught'desirable, when a, large amount of vwater is required, the' small bin D `and tube B can be' taken out and the water allowed to How into the large case A. Thus grain or water can be' given them, and at thesame time kept clean and fresh, when it cannot be where it standsin a, tank.

WhatI claim ns'my improvement, and desire to Secure'by Letters Patent, is The bin or reservoir C, valve E, in cornbination with thevrod F, lever Gr, and case A, constructed and arranged as and for the purpose set forth.

G. BOWERMAN.

YWitnesses:

J.- A. KING, W. F. DOGGETT 

